Insignificant Monster Dunk Better than Brilliant Game Clinching Goal

Apparently.

Oh, hello there!  You must be looking for something to read, right?  What?  My absence and lack of other-consciousness was not sufficient for you.  I do apologize, but things got a little real over the weekend and I just had to keep my head down and hands up until it passed. It hasn't yet passed, but I'm a professional, not some mid-level band stuck at an airport in Glasgow waiting for the ash to pass.

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En Route: Chellin'

As you read this, I'm experiencing the musical equivalent of blissfully soiled undies... Which could very well consist of blissfully soiled undies.

The good news is that my campsite is just around the way.  It has cleaned undies and lots and lots of cold beer.  So as you can see, my weekend is once again going to be better than yours.  But don't be upset! Enjoy it with me!

After you enjoy these:

• First this happens, then Buffalo loses... The gods favor Boston (Hockey World Blog)
• I'm nuts for D(z) nuts (Empty the Bench)
• Man, I wanna be Darren Sharper (The Big Lead)
• The true meaning of The Masters (Joe Sports Fan)

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Better Know a Contender. PERIOD

Back in the 1990's, Chicago was the center of the basketball universe. Actually, it wasn't just the center of the basketball universe, for it was the center of the sports universe. Michael Jordan was the biggest star in that universe, so when he left the game, he also killed it. Fans placed their basketball hopes on the likes of Allen Iverson, understandably, but also unjustly. But Michael didn't just kill basketball. He also killed hockey. Namely, hockey in Chicago.

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It Is Growing...

The list of idiots in Major League Baseball (that just so happen to be African American), that is.

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Better Know a Contender. PERIOD

The right to own a gun is largely framed in terms of self-defense measures.  I have a right to protect my family and so I should be allowed to have a gun in my possession.  Sounds fair enough.  But what it leaves out is that guns are not defensive weapons.  An alarm system is a defensive weapon.  Guns were created to kill.  Not to kill intruders with, but to intrude with.  Take what is needed, and be on your way.  A store clerk can have a gun behind the counter, but if the bandit has a gun in his face already, then that gun is staying where it's been all along and the money in the register is going out the door.  Even if the bandit's gun is not loaded or is even a fake, fear is induced and the first step toward victory is achieved.

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My Weekend was Better than Yours

When is that ever not the case though?

It was a music bonanza this weekend at The Paradise in Terrier territory, shaking off the odd venue layout and gaining traction nonetheless.  Friday night, Midlake took the crowd on a captivating trip to Middle Earth with their Zeppelin-inspired brand of psychedelic folk rock.  Better than I thought it was gonna be, especially when they rocked out on this track for about 9 minutes.

Core of Nature - Midlake

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